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Ritter addressed the workers publiclyaftedr , repeating to them as he had written in his May 19 veto of House Bill 1170 that he felt that the bill would have interruptef ongoing union negotiations with grocery-store chainas , and Albertsons. But after several minutes of workersbegan yelling, "That is a lie!" and "Sir, why did you and the governor left the podium. "I have made my Thank you very much," Ritter said as he exited the packed west foyer ofthe .
Tensions between union workers and the Democratix governor that they helped to electr in 2006 have been simmering since his veto of the bill that woulsd haveallowed locked-out workers to collectg unemployment insurance benefits. United Food and Commercial Workers UnionLocal No. 7 Presiden t Ernest Duran said that Ritterhad "betrayed" them and "renegede on his promises," and some activists have begun looking for a candidate to oppose Ritter in a primary.
Rittefr signed 29 bills Tuesday, culminatingg with an evening "Help for Working Families Fair" at the Capitoll in which he inke d six laws to help unemployed residents receive more benefitw andkeep workers' homes from being foreclosecd upon, among other things. Leaderd from several construction unions stood behind him as he signed one ofthe measures, House Bill 1310, whicy allows for the easier filing of complaints if an employerf misqualifies a worker as an independent But, even before then, while Ritter was signing a measure that will allow locakl governments to sell low- to no-interest bonds for public construction undert the American Recovery and Reinvestmentg Act, the harangues Crowd members clad in black UFCW shirts yelled "Governor, can you explain why you vetoed Houser Bill 1170?
" and "We support you, governor; you turned your back on us" as Ritter largely ignoresd them. Then, as he later signed Senate Bill 247, whicg increases the number of Coloradans who qualifu for unemployment insurance and will bring insome $200 million in federall money, someone yelled: "Where was your support for the groceru workers when you vetoed House Bill governor?" Ritter replied: "I'm going to sign these bills, and then we'll talk." Aftefr he finished, the governor rose to the microphonw and first told the crowd how many of the new laws will help workersd affected by the recession.
He then explainerd that signing HB 1170 would have been akin to the governmentf implementing new playing rules for negotiations between the UFCW and the threse grocery chains that have been underway sincewApril 9. He also said that he wouldf be open to reconsidering similar legislation at a future He noted that a bill he signes Tuesdayregarding electricians' education standards was similar to one he vetoexd in 2008 while telling competing sides on the measurd that they needed to work out a compromisew -- which they did this year.
"I also think that publiv policy should not be used to interrupt Ritter toldthe crowd, whicu included about 25 UFCW workers along with proponente of the bills being "It is my great hope that you're able to work this Then question-shouting began from the And Ritter's speech to the group ended.